Field Notes · Dining
Meals that move with your day.
Farm-to-plate cooking, planned around your health and dietary needs — no fixed meal times, just good food when you're ready for it.
More Than A Place To Eat
Farm to plate, built around you.
There's no fixed printed menu — meals are planned around each guest's health and dietary needs, cooked from what's fresh that day. Meals are included in most stay plans (see the Stay page for full board, half board and bed & breakfast options) and are served either at the rooftop restaurant or the riverside deck, depending on the time of day and the weather. That said, a few dishes come up again and again — see below.
Nguruman Specialties
What we're known for
No set menu, but these are the dishes guests ask for by name.
Munono
A Maasai favourite meal, regularly served to guests as part of the table here.
Babacau
Barbecue done the Maasai way — a Nguruman signature, best enjoyed by the fire in the evening.
Bone Marrow Soup
What we're best known for on the table — bone marrow soup simmered with traditional Maasai herbs.
Dinner under the open sky.
The rooftop restaurant sits above the main house, open-air and lit for the evening — the spot for dinner, a drink, or just sitting with the view after a day out on the trails.
Breakfast, made when you're ready for it.
Nothing is pre-cooked. Coffee, tea, snacks and fresh fruit are laid out on the deck overlooking the river — then you order your hot breakfast whenever you're ready for it, no fixed sitting time.
Bush dinners, bonfires, and a picnic spot by the water.
An outdoor fireplace and a riverside picnic area give the evenings somewhere to slow down — bonfires and bush dinners can be arranged, weather and river conditions permitting. This is often where the babacau happens.
On The Table
African & American cuisine, cooked to your needs
The kitchen serves both African and American dishes, and can accommodate halal, vegetarian and gluten-free diets — just let the team know when you book.
Farm to plate
Fresh, local, cooked to order.
African & American
Both styles, on request.
Halal
Available on request.
Vegetarian & gluten-free
Available on request.
Good to know
- Let us know dietary requirements, allergies or medical conditions when booking, so the kitchen can plan ahead
- Bush dinners, bonfires and sundowners depend on weather and river conditions
- Most meal plans (full board, half board, bed & breakfast) are booked as part of your stay — see the Stay page for details and pricing
Self-catering
For guests on the self-catering plan at Loita House, a shared kitchen is available — see the Stay page for details.
Tell us your plans, we'll handle the table.
Dietary needs, group size, or a special evening by the fire — just ask.